Gardai have arrested two men in connection with the seizure of a viable device, firearms and suspected drugs worth €45,000 in Carlow.
Searches continued yesterday at a number of properties where two 3D-printed firearms were recovered along with a shotgun and ammunition.
Suspected cocaine valued at €35,000 and Cannabis valued at €10,000 was also recovered yesterday.
It comes as the Defence Forces bomb disposal team was called to a home in the Kernanstown area on Thursday, after Gardai, searching the property, discovered the improvised explosive device.
It was safely removed from the scene for a controlled explosion to be carried out.
During an earlier search at another home on Thursday, Gardai from the Carlow Drugs Unit seized a gun and ammunition.
Two men in their 40s have been arrested and taken to a Garda station in the Eastern Region, where they can be held for up to three days.
